As i heard recently. Severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Something acute is severe by definition, but without the S we'd all be talking about ARS, so they added the Severe

fluidcruft 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know what you are talking about definitions-wise here. Things can definitely be accute and not severe. This is easily resolved by looking at a dictionary.

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rzzzt 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"acute" is paired with "chronic" and indicates onset, not severity.

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rlpb 15 hours ago | parent [-]

So…CARS?

	▲	Symmetry 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Something can't be both chronic (persisting over a long time) and acute (coming all at once). But some diseases can be both chronic and severe, like AIDS.

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shawabawa3 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pins and needles is usually acute, and harmless

Chronic pins and needles should be checked urgently by a doctor as it's very serious